Atlantic Metals and Plastics uses austenitic nickelchromium alloys to manufacture resistance heating wire. The company is considering a new annealing-drawing process to reduce costs. The new process will cost $1.8 million dollars now. Identify the symbols that are involved and the values of those that are given, if the company wants to know how much it must save each year to recover the investment in 6 years at an interest rate of 12% per year.

Atlantic Metals and Plastics uses austenitic nickelchromium alloys to manufacture resistance heating wire. The company is considering a new annealing-drawing process to reduce costs. The new process will cost $1.8 million dollars now. Identify the symbols that are involved and the values of those that are given, if the company wants to know how much it must save each year to recover the investment in 6 years at an interest rate of 12% per year.

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